FDIC

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  Too-Big-to-Fail Bill DOA: Commentators

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 24, 2013

  Washington Analysis says the “headlines, hearings and speeches” around the measure will amount to “mere noise,” while SIFMA says the bill would dampen business lending.

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  Sheila Bair: Low Interest Rates Hurting Economy

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 17, 2013

  Former FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair is the latest high-profile official to voice concern over the Federal Reserve’s low-interest-rate policy.

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  Currency Manager Merk on Cyprus and Why PIMCO’s El-Erian Is Wrong

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 26, 2013

  Merk doesn’t buy the PIMCO chief's argument that time will heal the crisis.

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  Kill Your 401(k), Conservative Author Says

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  March 14, 2013

  Duncan Black, a conservative author, says government confiscation of 401(k)s may loom, while a liberal blogger says 401(k)s are "a disaster," calling for fatter Social Security checks.

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  Talking ‘Bout My Generation

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  January 21, 2013

  Some 20 years ago, financial editor and writer Joe Nocera (now an op-ed columnist for The New York Times) explained to a group of us editors at Worth Magazine why our baby boom generation had gotten a bad rap for being such profligate spenders: “We grew up during the 1970s,...

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  Dallas Fed’s Fisher: How to End Too-Big-to-Fail Now

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 18, 2013

  The Dallas Fed’s Fisher denounced the injustice of having to choose between a bailout for the top 0.2% of banks or see the economy lose more than two years of economic output in a new crisis.

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  Top Portfolio Products: PowerShares ETF Wins Sharpe Award; Wasatch Rolls Out New Fund

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 14, 2012

  The latest offerings focus on emerging markets and dividends.

• Advisor Impossible

  By Bill Miller  |  October 24, 2012

  Have you noticed how many reality television shows there are these days?

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  Pandit’s Exit Means End of ‘Shock and Awe’ Era: Bank Analyst

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  October 19, 2012

  The heyday of volatility at the big banks could be replaced by a "boring" period, says SNL Financial's Nancy Bush.

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  Sheila Bair Calls Pandit’s Departure From Citi a ‘Very Positive Move’

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  October 16, 2012

  Bair had "concerns" about Pandit's qualifications to serve as the CEO of Citigroup.